Chap. 74.—An ACT to Amend the Charter of the City Gas-light Company
of Norfolk.

Approved February 7, 1872.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of Virginia, That
the first and second sections of an act to incorporate the City
Gas-light Company of Norfolk, passed January eleventh,
eighteen hundred and fifty, be amended and re-enacted so as
to read as follows:

“81. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That Tazewell
Taylor, Frederick W. Southgate, A. T. M. Cooke, Thomas
Newton, Richard Dickson, Cincinnatus W. Newton, Walter H.
Taylor, and such other persons as may be hereafter associated,
with them, shall be, and they are hereby, incorporated and
made a body politic and corporate, under the name and style
of the City Gas-light Company of Norfolk, with full power to
construct suitable works for the manufacture, distribution, and
sale of gas from bituminous coal or other substances, for the
purpose of public and private illumination; and for the pur-
pose of carrying into full effect the works herein provided for,
the said company shall have power to purchase and hold such
real estate, not exceeding ten acres, as may be necessary for
that object; and they are hereby invested with all the rights,
powers and privileges conferred by an act entitled “an act pre-
scribing general regulations for the incorporation of manufac-
ture companies, passed February the thirteenth, eighteen
hundred and thirty-seven; and are hereby made subject to the
restrictions and regulations prescribed by the same, except in
so far as may be otherwise provided for in this act.

Ҥ 2. Be it further enacted, That the capital stock of the
City Gas-light Company of Norfolk shall not be less than
twenty thousand dollars, nor more than five hundred thousand
dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each,
to be raised by subscription; for which purpose, if the stock
be not otherwise subscribed, books may be opened under the
superintendence of Tazewell Taylor, Frederick W. Southgate,
A. T. M. Cooke, Thomas Newton, Richard Dickson, C. W.
Newton and Walter H. Taylor, and such other persons as may
be associated with them, or any two of them, in conformity
with the rules prescribed by the above recited act.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage